GORDON SCOTT VS JOCK MAHONEY 'TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT'

<p></p><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL1onM9d5ymbkQjaYGtAKogGuO3mECjMijeVE_H2Dp2_lLtqtYoxLlDg1ZRY_wDmdaVvKHxlqMcWf-HWHVZyfL2093wDYz3kqW_3X6lfkKGC8MCw9oLL3Zhtrr8bBqZGiyp4h2x3tec1SU0F7G49M3tcilZgLhTekHiShwtV-B6yYXXg1tQHL3al4oWyM/s1502/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-30%20at%2010.51.42%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1502" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL1onM9d5ymbkQjaYGtAKogGuO3mECjMijeVE_H2Dp2_lLtqtYoxLlDg1ZRY_wDmdaVvKHxlqMcWf-HWHVZyfL2093wDYz3kqW_3X6lfkKGC8MCw9oLL3Zhtrr8bBqZGiyp4h2x3tec1SU0F7G49M3tcilZgLhTekHiShwtV-B6yYXXg1tQHL3al4oWyM/w400-h305/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-30%20at%2010.51.42%20AM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT is mostly known for, in the following film, having the villain, Jock Mahoney, replace Gordon Scott in the Tarzan role... but it's really a cross between the John Ford Western STAGECOACH... with Tarzan traveling with a group of bickering characters... and William Shakespeare's family-quarrel saga KING LEAR... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enter the criminal clan, with patriarch John Carradine but it's oldest son Mahoney really in charge: he led a local store robbery and, captured by Tarzan, is being brought to authorities for the reward money to help a native village... All while his vengeful father and brooding brothers (including LOLITA actor Gary Cockrell) are on their trail and, along with Tarzan's group there's a great cast including Lionel Jeffries as a jealous husband, whose wife has a thing for the captured heavy yet MAGNIFICENT is a mostly hi/miss adventure that relies on random bursts of action while the characters (far too many here) never really gel... Leaving Scott's final TARZAN role more a whimper than bang until a QUIET MAN style fist-fight with Mahoney that should have not only happened sooner... but a lot more throughout. </p><span></span>

action, adventure, alexandra stewart, earl cameron, franchise, gary cockrell, gordon scott, harry baird, jock mahoney, john carradine, lionel jeffries, scott tarzan, sixties, tarzan, warner archives

GORDON SCOTT VS JOCK MAHONEY 'TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT'

Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2 TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT is mostly known for, in the following film, having the villain, Jock Mahoney, replace Gordo...

WILLIAM SYLVESTER DIGS INTO 'OFFBEAT' AKA 'THE DEVIL INSIDE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CPK_bKV-yotKQIT5ek2a0NI6j73FRwIJ_1Tyep-EePxS9nMXSOkNADV86IvSDZKHmOqy7gRezvdCbd-5SeKA87jq2VTUMbLiGt0usxmT9mOsuD-mibc5Uif7x29R7h6l8nBP2p5d5VXrPCkJ8M2g080mRxm6nTWU9FTEi83iQIgWDLW-Rl_W50CPeRBC/s2028/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-17%20at%201.12.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CPK_bKV-yotKQIT5ek2a0NI6j73FRwIJ_1Tyep-EePxS9nMXSOkNADV86IvSDZKHmOqy7gRezvdCbd-5SeKA87jq2VTUMbLiGt0usxmT9mOsuD-mibc5Uif7x29R7h6l8nBP2p5d5VXrPCkJ8M2g080mRxm6nTWU9FTEi83iQIgWDLW-Rl_W50CPeRBC/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-17%20at%201.12.23%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Sylvester and Anthony Dawson in OFFBEAT Year: 1961 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There was a reason American actor William Sylvester was available for an American director who filmed and lived in England, where both he and Stanley Kubrick ala 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY literally felt right at home: And OFFBEAT/THE DEVIL INSIDE provides the usually cool/collected William Sylvester real edge and intensity: starting out in dark sunglasses while robbing a bank... then meeting with fellow cops for whom he's a resilient, somewhat roguish undercover agent... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Taking place during one heist... a tunnel job on a quiet city street... the mission's to infiltrate a syndicate of criminals yet this particular den harbors pool-playing, working-class types so crooked they're almost normal, including by-the-numbers leader Anthony Dawson and affable John Meillon, who, along with muscle-thugs Neil McCarthy and Harry Baird, pose as construction workers....</p><p><span></span></p>

anthony dawson, british neo noir, british new wave, cliff owen, cop, harry baird, heist, john meillon, mai zetterling, neil mccarthy, sixties, william sylvester

WILLIAM SYLVESTER DIGS INTO 'OFFBEAT' AKA 'THE DEVIL INSIDE'

William Sylvester and Anthony Dawson in OFFBEAT Year: 1961 Rating: **** There was a reason American actor William Sylvester was available fo...

MICHAEL CAINE IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF 'THE ITALIAN JOB'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ_WRdSIbjp2EYw8eWqWOoBJnhAZnm3SvHQR8jEYbMeZJrOmxx2esI_0bTG_vQKeSV-qsNRCrkd4mgwBgJmTIvXv-oovZNQOlIWKedooaM_r5M9Jz9ax066cHmvJKdJWm2AiAVkkrPlX_zTPfvBIueZwMdoWErbJUnVc2KUvLhVsE8L5F5f-nTpfIJfA=s779" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="779" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ_WRdSIbjp2EYw8eWqWOoBJnhAZnm3SvHQR8jEYbMeZJrOmxx2esI_0bTG_vQKeSV-qsNRCrkd4mgwBgJmTIvXv-oovZNQOlIWKedooaM_r5M9Jz9ax066cHmvJKdJWm2AiAVkkrPlX_zTPfvBIueZwMdoWErbJUnVc2KUvLhVsE8L5F5f-nTpfIJfA=w400-h297" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Michael Caine in The Italian Job Year: 1969 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A stern, turtleneck-clad Michael Caine resembles BULLITT Steve McQueen on THE ITALIAN JOB poster, a misleading heist film as slapstick impairs what could have been a damn cool action vehicle... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which <i>it is</i> during the 11th hour when those famously nifty mini-cars zip through Italy after Caine's gang of British criminals rob millions in gold... but the chase follows what's a far too easy heist with very few hitches, and the main problem is the overlong setup: a shame since the "collecting of ensemble misfits" is usually involving and fun...<br></p><p>But only Michael Caine — fresh out of prison before breaking back in to talk Noel Coward into funding the heist — seems like he knows what's going on and how the hell to get there, and back: Even the experienced getaway bus driver at the literal cliffhanger finale was the wrong choice, taking mountainous corners like a wacky open road joyride, and, while many viewers loathe the ambiguous ending, it's actually the best (and most suspenseful) scene in the picture since, for the first time, all of the otherwise goofy characters (backed by an even goofier main song/track) are dead serious, literally for their very lives, which should have happened a lot more times, and a whole lot sooner. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, caper, comedy, cult, ensemble, harry baird, heist, margaret blye, michael caine, noel coward, peter collinson, sixties

MICHAEL CAINE IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF 'THE ITALIAN JOB'

Michael Caine in The Italian Job Year: 1969 Rating: **1/2 A stern, turtleneck-clad Michael Caine resembles BULLITT Steve McQueen on THE ITAL...